senator paul was elected to write laws. he could write a law changing this, but i think my concern here is that i got to work in the white house for four years and i worked very closely with john brennan and i feel incredibly privileged to have worked around him because i've seen some of the worst crisis our country has faced. he is one of the most able and decent and capable people i have worked with. the president needs him at the cia now. he needed him there a month ago or two months ago and to hold up critical nominees like this over issues that are not related to their fitness for the job is harmful to our national security and we shouldn't do it to get headlines. >> and mike, to that point, here's something else senator paul said today. >> it would take them five minutes to jot this down on a piece of paper. if they don't intend to do it, why not tell us? when your government won't tell you won't do something, when they won't answer, no, i don't have the power, they're saying to you, yes, i have the power. >> mike, se